Provide a Government for American Samoa: Hearing...on H.R. 9698...May 20 and 22, 1932 |
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American Samoa annual Fono appeal appointed approved attorney authority BEEDY CHAIRMAN chief justice citizens of American civil coconut Codification commission COMMITTEE ON INSULAR Congress copra courts of American CROSS delete foreign duties enactment entitled feles Filariasis German Samoa GILBERT girl government of American harbor of Pagopago Hawaii Hawaiian Hawaiian Islands hear high court House indebtedness inhabitants of American insert citizens INSULAR AFFAIRS island of Tutuila judge kava KNUTSON land laws of American League of Nations legislative legislature London Missionary Society LOZIER matai mats missionaries native Samoan naval officer naval station never otherwise provided Pacific paragraph Polynesian blood President PROVIDE A GOVERNMENT race resided in American Robert Louis Stevenson Samoan citizenship Samoan group Samoan Islands Senator BINGHAM sentence session South Seas Swains Island taking effect talking chief taupau thereof tion United veto village Western Samoa WILLIAMS women
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Page 8 - Secretary of said Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly...
Page 33 - The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands ; but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition : Provided, That all revenue from or proceeds of the same, except as regards such part thereof as may be used or occupied for the civil, military, or naval purposes of the United States, or may be assigned for the use of the local government, shall be used solely for the benefit of...
Page 5 - I, , do solemnly swear, (or affirm,) in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a...
Page 10 - Hawaii, and shall be maintained, managed, and cared for by it, at its own expense, until otherwise provided for by Congress, or taken for the uses and purposes of the United States by direction of the President or of the governor of Hawaii.
Page 7 - He shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, and hold his office at the pleasure of the President and until his successor is chosen and qualified.
Page 9 - Islands, in all cases, civil and criminal, wherein the Constitution or a statute or treaty of the United States or any authority exercised thereunder is involved ; in all other civil cases wherein the value in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, exceeds $1,000 ; in all other criminal cases where the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death, and in all habeas corpus proceedings...
Page 5 - ... whether with or without fine, shall register to vote or shall vote or hold any office in, or under, or by authority of, the government, unless the person so convicted shall have been pardoned and restored to his civil rights.
Page 6 - If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law...
Page 6 - That in case of failure of the Legislature to pass Appropriation Bills providing for payments of the necessary current expenses of carrying on the Government and meeting its legal obligations as the same are provided for by the then existing Laws the Governor shall, upon the adjournment of the Legislature, call it in extra Session for the consideration of Appropriation Bills, and until the Legislature shall have acted the Treasurer may, with the advice of the Governor...
Page 4 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.